Advanced Placement Credit and Chart

Students who earn scores of 3, 4, or 5 on College Board Advanced Placement Examinations taken before high school graduation will receive 2, 4, or 8 units of credit toward graduation at UCSB for each such test completed with the required scores, provided official scores are submitted to the Office of Admissions.

Students should be advised that college courses taken before or after attending UC may duplicate AP, IB and/or A Level examinations. Additionally, exams may duplicate each other (for example, and AP or IB exam in the same subject area). If the student does duplicate an exam with another exam of the same subject content, and/or an exam with a college course, we will award credit only once.

Note: Advanced Placement credit earned prior to entering the university will not be counted toward maximum unit limitations either for selection of a major or for graduation.

Advanced Placement Exam with score of 3, 4, or 5

Units Awarded

General Education Credit

UCSB Course Equivalent (You may not enroll in these courses for credit at UCSB.)

Art History

8

F: 1 course

Art History 1

*Art Studio 2D Design

8

none

none

*Art Studio 3D Design

8

none

none

*Art Studio Drawing

8

none

Art 18

Biology

8

C: 1 course

MCDB 20, Natural Science 1C

Chemistry

8

C: 1 course#

Natural Science 1B

Chinese Language & Culture

8

B

none

Comparative Government and Politics

4

D: 1 course

none

+Computer Science A

2

none

none

Economics – Macroeconomics

4

D: 1 course

none

Economics – Microeconomics

4

D: 1 course

none

*English – Language and Composition or Literature and Composition

With score of 3

8

Entry Level Writing Requirement

Writing 1, 1E, 1LK

With score of 4

8

A1

Writing 1, 1E, 1LK, 2, 2E, 2LK

With score of 5

8

A1, A2

Writing 1, 1E, 1LK, 2, 2E, 2LK, 50, 50E, 50LK

Environmental Science

4

C: 1 course

Environmental Studies 2

European History

8

E: 1 course

none

French Language and Culture

With score of 3

8

B

French 1-3

With score of 4

8

B

French 1-4

With score of 5

8

B

French 1-5

German Language and Culture

With score of 3

8

B

German 1-3

With score of 4

8

B

German 1-4

With score of 5

8

B

German 1-5

Human Geography

4

D

Geography 5

Italian Language & Culture

With score of 3

8

B

Italian 1-3

With score of 4

8

B

Italian 1-5

With score of 5

8

B

Italian 1-6

Japanese Language & Culture

8

B

none

Latin

4

B

Latin 1-3

*•Mathematics – Calculus AB(or AB subscore of BC exam)

4

C: 1 course#

Mathematics 3A, 15, 34A, or equivalent

*†Mathematics – Calculus BC

8

C: 2 courses#

Mathematics 3A, 3B, 15, 34A, 34B, or equivalent

Music – Theory

8

F: 1 course

Music 11

*Physics – B

8

C: 1 course#

Physics 10, Natural Science 1A

*Physics – C (Mechanics)

4

C: 1 course#

Physics 6A + 6AL

*Physics – C (Electricity & Magnetism)

4

C: 1 course#

Physics 6B + 6BL

Psychology

4

D: 1 course

Psychology 1

Spanish Language & Culture

With score of 3

8

B

Spanish 1-3

With score of 4

8

B

Spanish 1-4

With score of 5

8

B

Spanish 1-5

Spanish Literature & Culture

With score of 3

8

B

Spanish 1-4

With score of 4

8

B

Spanish 1-5

With score of 5

8

B

Spanish 1-6

Statistics

4

C: 1 course#

Communication 87, PSTAT 5AA-ZZ, Psychology 5

U.S. Government and Politics

4

D: 1 course

Political Science 12

U.S. History

8

D: 1 course

none

World History

8

none

none

* A maximum of 8 units EACH in art studio, English, mathematics, and physics is allowed.
# Also satisfies the quantitative relationship requirement in Area C. + Maximum credit for Computer Science A and AB exams is 4 units. (The AB exam is no longer offered.)
† Consult the mathematics department about optional higher placement in calculus.